DEA 0852L - Clinical Practice II

180 Clock Hours
(Offered as needed)

This course is a continuation of Clinical Practice I. It provides a real world setting for students to receive additional training in the clinical skills learned in class. Students are assigned to various offices in the community including but not limited to general dentists, oral surgeons, orthodontists, periodontists, and endodontists. Performance evaluations are utilized to measure competency and provide feedback from the local dental offices to the instructor regarding the students’ competency level. Skills are strengthened in Seminar Lab. Students must provide their own transportation, current CPR training, and up-to-date immunization records. Specific procedure requirements and 150 clinical rotation hours (minimum) must be fulfilled to successfully complete this course.

Prerequisite(s): DEA 0803L, DES 0400

Corequisite(s): DES 0830, DES 0830L.

*Vocational courses are not applicable to the A.A. or A.S. degree or to the College Credit Certificate without an approved articulation agreement. Vocational courses, offered in clock hours, are courses that can be used for the awarding of Career and Technical or Vocational Certificates. In addition, vocational courses may be articulated to college credit and applied to college credit certificates or A.S. degree programs. Students should work closely with an advisor to plan their studies in a way to take advantage of this opportunity.